Cavaliers' Green is an eager student

His North Carolina Tar Heels won an NCAA championship his senior year. Then, he was drafted by the Cavaliers last June.

"Coming from Carolina to a program like this helped me a lot," Green said. "This is very similar to Carolina. They work just as hard. They do things the right way.

"There are a lot of players with a lot of talent. This is a winning program. These are the best facilities. I feel like I'm on the best team in the NBA."

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Green, a 6-foot-6, 210-pound swingman, started fast in the Wine & Gold Scrimmage on Saturday in Akron. He had 10 points, three rebounds and three assists in his debut.

He loves being around superstar players like LeBron James and Shaquille O'Neal.

"It's a great learning experience," Green said. "They teach you a lot. I try to hang around those guys as much as I can.

"We don't have just two superstars. Everyone here is a superstar to me. Growing up, I watched all of them play. I try to take little things from all of them. They teach me a lot. I'm trying to get adjusted as fast as I can."

Green is scheduled to play in the Cavs' first preseason game at 7 tonight against Charlotte at Quicken Loans Arena.

"This is where I can find my niche and show the coaches and my teammates what I can do," he said.

Cavs coach Mike Brown wasn't so sure about Green when he first saw him.

"He has a chance to be a pretty good player in this league," he said. "I'm not doing the scouting on these guys.

"When you look at Danny, you don't see a guy who is athletic or is a good passer, shooter or ball handler. But when you get out on the floor, he's a little bit quicker than you thought. He's a little bit more athletic than what you thought, a little bit better shooter, tougher, smarter, all that stuff. It was good to see the minutes he played on Saturday."

James said he likes what he's seen so far in training camp.

"For one, Danny is a really good all-around player," he said. "Jawad Williams and (Green) come from a great system, and that's North Carolina. No matter where you put these guys on the court, they are successful.

"He's going to make rookie mistakes. He's around veterans who he can learn from."

Playing time

Brown wouldn't say who would play in tonight's preseason game against Charlotte at Quicken Loans Arena.

Their starting backcourt -- Delonte West and Mo Williams -- were held out of Saturday's scrimmage in Akron.

"Right now I don't plan on holding out anybody," Brown said. "That could change (today) after shootaround."

James wants to get the ball rolling.

"I've been looking forward to it for a long time," he said. "(The Q is) a home away from home for all of us. We're looking forward to our first challenge. It's only a preseason game. We want to implement the things that we've done at practice and try to get better."

Entourage appearance

James appeared on the season finale on HBO's "Entourage" on Sunday.

"The writer of the show, Doug Ellin, called a friend of mine and we made a connection," James said. "He knew I was a big fan of the show. He asked whether I was going to be in (Los Angeles) any time over the summer. It just so happened that I was, and they were filming the last episode, with Matt Damon and Bono."

Sit down, guys

The Cavs made a lot of fans unhappy over the course of last season by standing up in front of their bench. The NBA has since ruled players can no longer stand in front of the fans. James isn't sure he likes the ruling.

"It's hard to take that out of the game," he said. "Part of the game is emotion. Do you want to take that out of the game? Sometimes, your teammates are all you have."

The league has softened its stance on the dress code. James said he thinks the same thing will happen with the no-standing order.

"That's something you can't take out of the game, guys cheering," he said. "There's no way you can do it. That's part of the reason we played so well. We cheered on each other."

Quick shots

n Fox Sports Ohio will broadcast two Cavs preseason games, including tonight's contest against Charlotte. They will also broadcast the Oct. 12 game against perennial Euroleague power Olympiacos Piraeus of Greece.

n O'Neal sent out a message on Twitter saying, "Go Steelers." Of course, he worked with Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger last summer on "Shaq Vs." "I have a special relationship with Big Ben," O'Neal said. "I'm a bandwagon NFL fan."